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Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Ledbetter Heights

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Label: Giant Records
Released: 1995
Time:
 60:55
Category: Blues
Producer(s): David Z
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.kennywayneshepherd.net
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Purchase date: 2001.01.23
Price in €: 6,99



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[1] Born With a Broken Heart (Shepherd/Tate) - 5:56
[2] Déjà Voodoo (Selby/Shepherd/Sillers) - 6:09
[3] Aberdeen (White) - 4:15
[4] Shame, Shame, Shame (Nadeau/Shepherd) - 6:05
[5] One Foot on the Path (Selby/Shepherd) - 3:49
[6] Everbody Gets the Blues (Michael) - 5:58
[7] While We Cry [live] (Shepherd) - 6:17
[8] I'm Leaving You (Commit a Crime) (Howlin' Wolf) - 4:16
[9] (Let Me up) I've Had Enough (Nadeau/Selby/Shepherd) - 2:43
[10] Riverside (Bowe) - 3:46
[11] What's Goin' Down (Nadeau/Shepherd) - 5:30
[12] Ledbetter Heights (Shepherd) - 6:11

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The Kenny Wayne Shephard Band:
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Guitar, Vocals
Corey Sterling - Lead Vocals
Jim Nadeau - Rhythm Guitar
Will Ainsworth - Bass
Jimmy Wallack - Keyboards, Percussion
Kevin Smith - Drums

David Z. - Engineer, Producer
Tom Lord-Alge - Mixing
Jeff Aldrich - Executive Producer
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
James "Left of" Senter - Assistant Engineer
Gabrielle Raumberger - Art Direction, Design
Frank Chi - Logo Design
Caroline Grayshock - Photography

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You would never guess from Kenny Wayne Shepherd's fiery playing that the guitarist is still only in his teens. On his debut, Ledbetter Heights, Shepherd burns through a set of rather generic blues-rock ravers that are made special by his exceptional technique. It may still be a while before he says something original, but he plays with style, energy, and dedication, which is more than enough for a debut album.

Thom Owens - All Music Guide



Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his group have exploded on the scene in the mid-'90s and garnered huge amounts of radio airplay on commercial radio, which historically has not been a solid home for blues and blues-rock music, with the exception of Stevie Ray Vaughan in the mid-'80s. Shepherd was born June 12, 1977 in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Shreveport native began playing at age 7, figuring out Muddy Waters licks from his father's record collection (he has never taken a formal lesson). At age 13, he was invited onstage by New Orleans bluesman Brian Lee and held his own for several hours; thus proving himself, he decided on music as a career. He formed his own band, which featured lead vocalist Corey Sterling, gaining early exposure through club dates and, later, radio conventions. Shepherd's father/manager used his own contacts and pizazz in the record business to help land his son a major label record deal with Irving Azoff's Giant Records. Ledbetter Heights, his first album, was released two years later in 1995. Ledbetter Heights was an immediate hit, selling over 500, 000 by early 1996. Most blues records never achieve that level of commerical success, much less ones released by artists that are still in their teens. Although Shepherd - who has been influenced by (and has sometimes played with) guitarists Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, Slash, Robert Cray and Duane Allman - is definitely a performer who thrives in front of an audience, Ledbetter Heights is impressive for it's range of styles: acoustic blues, rockin' blues, Texas blues, Louisiana blues. The only style that he doesn't tackle is Chicago blues, owing to Shepherd's home base smack dab in the middle of the Texas triangle. 1998's Trouble Is... earned a Grammy nomination; Live On followed a year later.

Steve Huey & Richard Skelly - All Music Guide



Keine Frage: Der Junge hat's drauf. Trotz seiner 18 Lenze besticht sein handwerklich sicheres Blues-Gitarrenspiel. Shepherd schafft es obendrein, mit viel Bauchgefühl Stimme und Fingern Flügel zu verleihen. Der Opener "Born With A Broken Heart" stampft ungestüm los; federnd-locker mit perlendem Piano, Orgel und sanften Gitarrensoli steigert sich "Deja Voodoo" zu einer hitzigen Bluesrock-Nummer, und das live eingespielte "While We Cry" schleicht wehmütig ins Gehör. Von Kenny wird man bestimmt noch viel hören.

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